Patrick Robinson once again staked his claim to the top end of the Strictly Come Dancing scoreboard as the show took over the Blackpool Tower Ballroom – despite an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction mid-routine.

The Casualty star delivered a sizzling samba on Saturday night which scored him an impressive 35 points – but the routine suffered a setback when dance partner Anya Garnis got slightly tangled in her pink feather-adorned frock.

The judges, however, remained sympathetic as they heaped praise on the routine.

‘You are one of the best,’ Craig Revel Horwood told him. ‘It’s just unfortunate that tonight it all went horribly wrong…that could have been dazzling.’